Trivia / Dai Sentai Goggle Five

• Dawson Casting: According to the information, Miki is supposedly 16 years old, but she's played by the 20 years old (more or less) Megumi Ookawa.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The team members were originally to be designated by the naming scheme "[color] [number]", which would be used in Choudenshi Bioman.
  • According to some sources, Miki was to be played by a different actress, who's actually older. That idea quickly got shot down since she's supposed to be the youngest of the team, the actress only got to film several episodes before being replaced by Megumi Ogawa, and the rest is history. Never mind the Dawson Casting.
  • While Goggle Black was the one who solidified black as a standard color for Sentai teams, he was considered to be Goggle Purple while the show was in production. It was changed to black because the production team decided purple wouldn't look good in printing; it would take 25 years for a Purple (or Violet) Ranger to be realized. The legacy of this remains in Goggle Black's gem, which shines purple, and future Black Rangers over the decades tend to be represented by purple light.
  • Daizenshuu 1988 mentions that the beginning scenes in the first episode were meant to be filmed on location in Germany, but Hideki Hongō’s actor could not accommodate a trip to Germany in his schedule.
  • The design Fuhrer Taboo's true form was originally much different. He would have resembled a sea squirt combined with a computer and had numerous scientists assimilated into his body. He was also originally going to pilot a "Taboo Kong" instead of growing giant.
• Working Title: This series was originally considered to be called Mirai Sentai Miraiman, and later GoGoV, but eventually became Goggle Five. The second name was reused 17 years later, while part of the first name was reused in the series after that.

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